Know Anyone Who Has Died from the COVID?

No, but I do know more who have had it than a few months ago. The entire spectrum of symptoms , no deaths so far.

Several of my friends have said they tested positive for the virus and were ill for a few days but now seem A-OK. One of my best friends and his wife both have suffered with this for the last week and he says it’s a real a$$ kicker. So far, none of my friends have died from it, but there are local people I’ve known who have.

Yes, a couple of officers here at work and one many may be familiar with, Herman Cain.

Mr. Cain was a regular visitor at the hotel and I was fortunate to meet him and be able to interact with him many times.

one of my parent's church friends recently passed away from COVID, he was around 70 but very healthy.

Wife and I both had it last month (she got it at work and gave it to me). She didn't feel well for about a week with body aches, etc. I felt fine the whole time and had no symptoms other than mild fatigue. Now vaccinated and post-covid so ready to party! lol.

Not personally, but one of my son-in-law's co-workers (fire department) caught it, stayed out of work, came back to work, caught it again and died. He was only in his 30s. Don't know if comorbidities were involved or not. The SIL is tested at least weekly, if not more often, because of the high exposure risk of the job.

Somebody I do know personally got very sick with it but is now out of the hospital and seems to be on the mend, though he isn't 100% "back". He's in his late 70s.

Fortunately for us, both the infection and death rates in our small town have been low relative to larger, metropolitan areas. Spent about a week each down in San Diego and L.A. since this whole mess started. We didn't get infected, but were extremely careful, limiting our exposure to a small group (4 other people), all of whom had tested negative just before we arrived. We also tested negative just before being allowed into their "bubble". Over the course of the 2 weeks, we dined out once (spaced, outdoor seating) and got take-out once.

Not trying to suggest that what we did was fail-safe: just an anecdotal accounting of what happened to work out for us. We had important (to us) reasons for the travel, weighed the risks and decided that it was worth doing.

Being in our early 70s, we fall into the "at risk for serious complications" demographic.

And I am constantly aware of that fact, as it applies to my wife and myself.

Our older son, his wife, and son have it. Our son has been very ill. Our daughter-in-law rarely calls, but she called my wife's phone yesterday. I nearly freaked out.

He is much better today.

We haven't seen them since March of this year.  Their daughter, our granddaughter, plays softball, and we don't know to what level the family has been exposed.

My Rocky Mountain hideaway is a good place to be right now. Twenty deaths total, and 15 of those were early on in a nursing home in the next town south.

Back in Nebraska, different story. I know maybe 20 people who have had it, one now deceased.

I can only think of one who has died, but that was a sister of a family friend.

One guy I went all through school with that is about 6 weeks younger than I am had a nasty reaction to getting it. I believe he was close to a ventilator (he is 39 next week).

My wife had it and I suspect I did (by the time symptoms showed up, I was already quarantined. I had one day where I did not feel real well and a little bit of the dry, unproductive cough). Given the glimpse I think I received, I do not doubt it is real and it can not be fun.

My best friends father in law passed last week.

I have a second cousin who died from it. A friend of one of my other cousins died from it. That's as close as I can get.

My wife had it and we were just released from quarantine on Tuesday. I never got it according to the tests but I've had a sinus infection and a small bought with bronchitis for the last couple weeks. I'm about over it now. Still an occasional cough.

four friends, all in mid 70s. All survived. Still waiting on news of long term consequences.

One of my aunts in her 80's in a nursing home got Covid and died from kidney problems, related to Covid...?  The only person in our large family of aunts, uncles, cousins, etc that died from it.  So far, anyway.

My 89 year old mother with COPD had it last summer and is fortunately still with us.

Two people I know, one well and one barely, were listed as COVID deaths. The first had Alzheimer's and the second had cancer.

A few others I know have had it; with experiences ranging from "the worst flu ever" to mildly ill for a couple of days.

Do we ever, about anything?